Obama!

"Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can!" Perhaps the most inspiring words of the twenty-first century. If you are for Obama or McCain, you cannot say that this is not a historical moment in the world's history. The most powerful nation in the world has elected a black president. It is proven that our nation has finally reached the point where no black person can be told he or she cannot do something. Only forty years ago, this thought was uncomprehendable as many African Americans wre still harshly discriminated against. Only fifty years ago were blacks separated from others in their education and public places. During Obama's concession speech, he talked about a 106 year old black woman who voted on Tuesday. When she was born, there weren't even cars and then she voted on an electronic voting machine. Also, not only did black people not have the right to vote when she was born, but women as a whole didn't have the right to vote. Suffrage was a thing that only white men held, and today a black man is voted president.

However, it is important to understand that Obama was not elected because he was black alone. Most people didn't just go to the polls and say, "Hey, I think it would be great to have a black president." Although they may have thought this, most voted for Obama because he was great. For example, the state of Iowa has a 2% black population, and still, Obama won the state. People were able to look past the racial barrier, which is why this election was so great. A black person is just as equal as a white person. This is a wondrous statement, especially if it cannot be contested.

I think that our nation needed most at this moment was change, no matter what kind, as long as it was good change. I think that the McCain supporters will support Obama in the end, and I think that the Obama supporters would've supported McCain just as much in the end if McCain had won. We needed a new leader, someone who could make our lives better, and that was what that election was about. As it comes to Inauguration Day, we will come together as a nation and accept Obama as our President together. He is the President of all of us.